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Last post 05-01-2009 7:39 AM by guidos. 6 replies.

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Windows Media Player control is greyed out in toolbox

07-16-2007, 4:53 PM

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mcparente
Member since 07-16-2007, 8:41 PM
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I'm trying to use the Windows Media Player control on an .aspx web form page in design mode using Visual Web Developer 2005 Express. I have added the correct references and succeeded in adding the correct control to the toolbox; however, the WMP control is grey-out, and I can't use it. How can I get this control enabled? How else can I add a WMP control to my .aspx page and be able to reference the object library using VB.NET? Please help!

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07-17-2007, 11:07 AM

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bolinc
Member since 03-13-2007, 9:36 PM
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The Windows Media Player control is not available for use on webpages. If you have a windows form you can place a WMP on there. If you know html you can use that to place a wmp section on an aspx page.

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07-17-2007, 11:29 PM

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Benson Yu - MSFT
Member since 03-15-2007, 7:05 AM
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Hi mcparente,

I agree with bolinc, the control is the WinForm control which is not available for Web Form project. To play the video in aspx page, please refer to the following code.

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <embed src="test.wmv"></embed>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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Benson Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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07-23-2007, 1:25 AM

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Mikhail Arkhipov (MSFT)
Member since 09-24-2002, 4:18 PM
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Visual Studio no longer supports ActiveX controls in the Web toolbox. If you wish to use ActiveX controls such as WMP, you have to manually type <object> or <embed> elements in Source view.

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07-23-2007, 8:56 AM

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naturehermit
Member since 05-01-2007, 3:26 PM
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To use WMP,provided its available use

and

<object> in XHTML

Not sure if there is anything in VS2005 to do that.

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11-10-2008, 12:47 AM

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mani05_ksr
Member since 11-10-2008, 5:44 AM
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hi,

can u tell how to add windows media player componenent and sound recoder in web application.(dotnet)

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05-01-2009, 7:39 AM

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guidos
Member since 04-24-2009, 1:43 AM
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Use the following code to embed a windows media control in your asp.net webapplication:

<OBJECT ID="Player" 
    CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" 
    VIEWASTEXT> 
                    <PARAM name="autoStart" value="True"> 
                    <PARAM name="URL" value="Files/Audio/Miami.mp3"> 
                    <PARAM name="rate" value="1"> 
                    <PARAM name="balance" value="0"> 
                    <PARAM name="enabled" value="true"> 
                    <PARAM name="enabledContextMenu" value="true"> 
                    <PARAM name="fullScreen" value="true"> 
                    <PARAM name="playCount" value="1"> 
                    <PARAM name="volume" value="100"> 
    </OBJECT>

Hope this helps.

Regards, Guido

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